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Recommendation to respectfully request that City Council request the City Manager to update the existing Long Beach Victim Resource Guide information by utilizing the attached information and any other vital information to assist victims of crime; and report back to City Council in 60 days.
DISCUSSION
Our current Long Beach Police Department Victim Resource Guide was last updated in October 2006. Since that time there are new support organizations with improved services that will benefit the victims of crime.
In the first few minutes of being a victim of a violent crime one can experience both physical and emotional pain. People often suffer emotional pain in response to loss of anything that is very important to them (for example, a loved one, a home, a relationship, one's sense of safety,) it is imperative that they receive the most current and supportive information possible to assist in their situation as soon as possible. With the Long Beach Police Department being the first responder that arrives at a crime scene, this information will be presented to the victim in a timely matter.
Attachment A is the current Long Beach Police Department Victim Resource Guide
Attachment B is updated information that should be considered for the revised Long Beach Police Department Victim Resource Guide.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dee Andrews, Councilmember, Sixth District